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Lifetime
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Shed staffs up for US reality
Warner Bros.-owned Shed Media has hired two new programming executives as it seeks to ramp…
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Lifetime orders House of Versace TV movie
Lifetime has ordered a TV movie chronicling the life of celebrity designer Donatella Versace. The…
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News brief: More Devious Maids for Lifetime
A+E Networks-owned Lifetime has ordered a second season of the Judy Reyes-starring melodrama Devious Maids….
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New look A+E programing team ups four
A+E Networks has followed its recent appointment of a new top programming team by promoting…
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Shine America poaches legal boss from NBCU
Shine America’s expansion has continued with the hire of Jeffrey Schneider who has taken the…
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Lifetime confirms UK launch, expected to replace Bio
US cable network Lifetime has confirmed it will launch in the UK this autumn. The…
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Formats to see in CEE
As NATPE Budapest gets underway, TBI speaks to the main players about selling formats into…
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Whoopi Goldberg making Lifetime TV Movie, A+E to distribute
Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg will star in and executive produce a new Lifetime TV movie,…
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Jana Bennett joins new look A+E
Former BBC Worldwide president of worldwide networks Jana Bennett has re-emerged at A+E Networks, where…
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Oz’s Network Ten picks up Reign and raft of LA Screenings shows
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has told TBI the shows it has selected from this…
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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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Lifetime, H2 set for Southeast Asia launch
A+E Networks-owned channels Lifetime and H2 will launch across Southeast Asia on June 14. A+E’s…
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A+E slams US broadcasters at Upfront
A+E Networks execs have told advertisers that choosing to spend their dollars on US broadcast…
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Graham King takes the reins at GK-tv after Craig Cegielski exit
Movie producer Graham King has taken over the running of his company’s TV department after…
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Discovery buys Disney dramas for TLC UK
Discovery has bought several US scripted series for the soon-to-launch UK version of TLC. It…
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Lifetime wins legal battle over Romeo Killer TV movie
US cable net Lifetime has won a legal battle over Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco…
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A+E preps Lifetime and H2 launch in Asia and ups trio of execs
AETN All Asia Networks is about to launch the Lifetime and H2 channels in Asia….
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The Walking Dead trumps The Bible; both beat the networks
The Walking Dead and The Bible were the most-watched shows on US TV on Sunday…
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Crime, seen investigation
As factual crime shows go from strength to strength, TBI takes witness statements from channel…
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NATPE News: Liz & Dick and Lifetime movies head to HBO Lat-Am
HBO Latin America has licensed A+E Networks’ Lindsay Lohan TV Movie Liz & Dick and…
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Lifetime ups Chessler, hires Hardy
US cable network Lifetime has promoted one its key programming executives, Kimberly Chessler and hired…
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Lifetime orders lingerie reality series Double Divas
US cable network Lifetime has ordered Double Divas, a reality series set in a lingerie…
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Exclusive: Lifetime tucks into US version of Come Dine with Me
Lifetime is working on a US version of hit format Come Dine with Me. The…
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Nancy Dubuc to run all A+E Networks channels, programming
A+E Networks has promoted Nancy Dubuc to president of entertainment and media in a move…
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Lifetime orders reality series My Life is a Lifetime Movie
US cable network Lifetime has commissioned a reality series My Life is a Lifetime Movie,…
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US Cable Upfront Report
TBI has teamed with independent research specialist CableU to get under the skin of this…
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Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Hands On Approach
The Client List is the most successful drama to launch on US cable network Lifetime…